, 1887-06-02

or at least an accessory tOa terrible
crime, i'm which she is willing to
shield the guilty party from the law.
Upon arriving at the farm, where
the DlOmy deed WAS committed,
yesterday morning, Coroner Pentield
, found that the body had not been
| disturbed, and that party of neigh
hOrs were guarding the premises.
| The neighWrhOWd, Of course,
had been terribly excited over the
| crime, and a vast amount OF interest
was manifested in the result Of the
| Investigations. 1he surroundings
and the position of the body ure all
at variance with the story Told both
by Mis-. Teller and her brother
Dugan. The body Of Teller was
abuut half way between The gate,
where IL is stated In the evidence
the killing took place, and the front
door of the house. The head was
toward the house, the body being
face down, the left side of the head
exposed. A large pool Oi blood had
formed about the head. There were
M signs Ol blood between the gate
and The body, but considerable be-
tween the house and body, showing
cunclu,iveIy that the killing had
not taken place at the gate.
n double barrel shot gun,
both balrels full cock, lay
,Uput two feet to one side
IF the corpse, all covered with blood.
t'iom the position of the gun in the
weeds 1t loked as though the gun
had been carefully laid where found.
some three feet from the body and
| ..lAl l-D a.
| wood similar ~ u bed slat, was
found, upon which was both hair
aud bloud. A neck yoke was also
| found with little hair and blood
| marks un It. An old axe Was found
| ~ the hou-e with two blood marks
on the hand . as though grasped by
Il person with bloody hands. Both
Coroner Pentield and DR.. Water
house made n thorough examination
| uf the remains and failed to discover
II single mark OF a gunshot
wound. Evidently death resulted
from beating over the head
with II cudgrl or some
nluni weapon, as the scalp was only
lightly cut in one place behind the
let, ear. The right side of the face
,nd head was terribly bruised, while
| lie skull WAS crushed to atoms. The
coroner's jury listened to the EVIL
dence as given in full below and
then rendered IA verdict that Mary
Teller j. guilty OF murder in the
tir,t degree. From the condition of
he dead man, from every circum-
stance connected with the position
of the body il /, pliinly evident that
| Mrs. Teller did not commit the crime
| una.slsted, II she was'an active par
| tiripant at all. she may have shot
pistol of, but not at Teller. 1t is
| Al surd to think for moment that
Teller had Il double barreled shot
gun in hi- hands all the time during
the proceedings. OF course the facts
in the case are at present unknown
| and all theories are mere cOnjectures
tastd upon opinions formed by the
appearance Of the surroundings.
Dugan and Mrs. Teller are at present
,he only known witnesses OF the
Tragedy. Her story WAS told yester-
day, through second party, In
which she affirmed that she shot her
husband in self-defense, and In
which nothing was said OF using II
club. Dugan's testimony Is seat
tered and unsatisfactory. Teller,
while not large man, was strong
the question that the woman held
the horses and that Teller stood up
and let his wife beat his head to
pieces with light board which she
wieiied with one hand. 1t was "A
heavier weapon and stronger arm
hat caused the death of Frank Tel
Ter. In the neighbOrhOoG the de-
ceased bore the reputation of being
quiet and upright man. The nys-
terry will probably be- cleared up
when the case is more thoroughly
investigated. The tollowingis
THE EVIDENCE.
Testimony of John Dugan; May
81, arose about Il. m, said 10 her,
'Will 20 and ger the hursps.n Mr..
Teller then said he would attend to
the horses and ordered witness to let
horses alone. She, Mrs. Teller, said
"Gu and get tn" horsrs aud 90 TO
work" She then declared she would
get them herself; she then got them
and brought them to the gate in
front of the house; then Mr.. Teller
came uut of the door with shotgun
cooked in his hand and met her at
the gate and pushed it, the gun. in
her face; said he would Kill her il
she did not turn horses loose; she
Knocked the shotgun one side with
her left hand and drew revolver
with her right hand and fired at him;
he then fell down ON his left arin on
he ground; she then turned one
horse loose, having had both halter
straps in her left hand; he then got
up and again threatened to shoot
her; she then picked up q club
or stone and hit him over the
head two or three times and
knocked him down; he then got
up without the gun; she then shot
him the second time; he then fell
on hts face; she then claimed she
would go to Spokane Falls; de-
ceased did not move after he fell;
Mrs. Teller then went off; witness
was standing about fifteen steps
north of house; Mrs. Teller stood in